The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It’s to celebrate the lunar calendar’s new year. In the evening before the Spring Festival, families get together and have a big meal. In many places, people like to set off firecrackers. Dumplings are the most traditional food. Children like the festival very much, because they can have delicious food and wear new clothes. They can also get some money from their parents. This money is given to children for good luck. People put New Year couplets (对联) on the wall for good fortune. The Spring Festival lasts about 15 days long. People visit relatives and friends with the words “Have all your wishes”. People enjoy the Spring Festival, and during this time they can have a good rest.

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My Favorite Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival has a history of more than 2,000 years. During these 2,000 years, lots of Mid-Autumn traditions have been thought up by Chinese people. All the celebrations show the happiness and excitement of people. The main celebrations during the Mid-Autumn Festival are enjoying the full moon, eating moon cakes together and making lanterns. These three celebrations have been passed from generation(一代) to generation. Chinese people may think the Mid-Autumn Festival is not coming if they don’t do these three things.

In some places in China, people celebrate the festival in different ways. In Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, people eat taros(芋头) to celebrate the festival, because the taro harvest occurs at the same time as the festival. They eat taros and hope the harvest is good next year. In Nanjing, people cook duck with sweet-scented osmanthus(桂花), because they think sweet-scented osmanthus is a symbol of peace. In some places, people make fires inside towers to celebrate the festival, because they think the fire is a symbol of good business(生意).

In the literary history of China, many poets(诗人) wrote poems to praise(赞美) the pure moon of Mid-Autumn night and express their feelings. The following is one of the best poems.

Thoughts in the Silent Night

—Li Bai

The moonlight is shinning through the window.

And it makes me wonder if it is the frost on the ground.

Looking up to see the moon.

Looking down I miss so much about my hometown.

Li Bai used his poem to express his homesickness at the Mid-Autumn Festival.

My favourite Chinese traditional festival

The Chongyang Festival is a traditional Chinese Festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar（阴历）month. It’s also call the Double Ninth Festival.

The festival started as early as the Warring States Period（475—221BC）. It has a history of more than 1700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine, nine is the highest odd number（奇数）. People believe that two “ninths” meeting together stands for a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many kinds of activities in honour of（向……致敬）old people to wish them good health and a long life.

The festival comes during the golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drink Chrysanthemum（菊花）wine, eat Double-Ninth Cakes and climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant, its name is dogwood. People in ancient times believed that the plant could drive away evil（邪恶的）spirits and prevent them from catching an illness in winter.

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As we all know, there are many traditional festivals in China.

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